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A Night for Mischief
Allison Finley
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Éditeur:
Orca Book Publishers
Orca Book Publishers
Protection:
Filigrane
Filigrane
Année de parution:
2025
2025
ISBN-13:
9781459840874
Description:
<p><strong>Halloween is thirteen-year-old Syd’s favorite night of the year, but when she gets teased by older kids about her costume, she decides to sit this one out.</strong></p>
<p>But then her friend Jake finds a strange mask in a box of estate-sale junk to wear for his costume and manages to convince Syd to go to a haunted house. When Jake puts on the mask, he starts acting strangely, claiming to be "the Spirit of Mischief", and soon he's causing trouble all over town. With Halloween revellers transforming into werewolves, pirates, alligators—real-life versions of their costumes—and Halloween decorations coming alive and roaming the streets, Syd needs to embrace her love of Halloween to find a way to defeat Mischief before someone gets hurt.</p>
<p>This short novel is a high-interest, low-reading-level book for middle-grade readers who are building reading skills, want a quick read or say they don’t like to read!</p><p><strong>Key Selling Points</strong></p>
<ul><li>Thirteen-year-old Syd must capture a spirit of mischief in this fast-paced romp involving some classic Halloween characters, like zombies, werewolves, witches and skeletons—who are actually kids who have “turned” into their costumes!</li>
<li>A supernatural Halloween story with elements of light horror, a mystery and a mischievous villain that must be stopped.</li>
<li>Syd grows her confidence as she manages the crisis caused by Mischief, a classic trickster, whose antics ultimately bring out the best in the heroine. </li>
<li>Explores teens' changing relationships with Halloween as they age.</li>
<li>Enhanced features (highly-readable font, cream paper, larger trim size) to increase reading accessibility for dyslexic and other striving readers.</li>
</ul>
<p>But then her friend Jake finds a strange mask in a box of estate-sale junk to wear for his costume and manages to convince Syd to go to a haunted house. When Jake puts on the mask, he starts acting strangely, claiming to be "the Spirit of Mischief", and soon he's causing trouble all over town. With Halloween revellers transforming into werewolves, pirates, alligators—real-life versions of their costumes—and Halloween decorations coming alive and roaming the streets, Syd needs to embrace her love of Halloween to find a way to defeat Mischief before someone gets hurt.</p>
<p>This short novel is a high-interest, low-reading-level book for middle-grade readers who are building reading skills, want a quick read or say they don’t like to read!</p><p><strong>Key Selling Points</strong></p>
<ul><li>Thirteen-year-old Syd must capture a spirit of mischief in this fast-paced romp involving some classic Halloween characters, like zombies, werewolves, witches and skeletons—who are actually kids who have “turned” into their costumes!</li>
<li>A supernatural Halloween story with elements of light horror, a mystery and a mischievous villain that must be stopped.</li>
<li>Syd grows her confidence as she manages the crisis caused by Mischief, a classic trickster, whose antics ultimately bring out the best in the heroine. </li>
<li>Explores teens' changing relationships with Halloween as they age.</li>
<li>Enhanced features (highly-readable font, cream paper, larger trim size) to increase reading accessibility for dyslexic and other striving readers.</li>
</ul>
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